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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Film industry Entertainment |
| Founded | 1990; 36 years ago (1990) |
| Founders | Neal H. Moritz Bruce Mellon |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Neal H. Moritz (CEO) |
| Services | Film production Television production |
| Website | www |
Original Film is an American film and television production company co-founded byNeal H. Moritz[1][2][3][4] in 1990. Notable films the company has produced include theI Know What You Did Last Summer,Cruel Intentions,Fast & Furious,Jump Street, andSonic the Hedgehog franchises, and notable TV shows the company have produced includePrison Break,S.W.A.T. andThe Boys.
Original Film was started out in the early 1990s byNeal H. Moritz and Bruce Mellon as a film producer and a commercial company.[5][6][7]
In 1991,David Heyman joined as employee of the motion picture department. He later resigned to joinHeyday Films.[8] In 1993, Stokley Chaffin joined the company. He stayed on with the company for eight years until 2001.[9]
In 1997, the studio struck a long-time partnership deal withSony Pictures, and it remained until 2019.[10][11] At the same time, Brad Luff joined the company. He left in 2003 to runMorgan Creek Productions.[12] In 1998, the studio struck a deal withNewmarket Capital Group to produce lower-budget feature films.[13]
In 1999, the studio made its first foray on television with the debut ofShasta McNasty. At the same time, Mark Rossen joined the company.[14]
In 2002, Moritz launched a partnership with fellow talent agencyMarty Adelstein to head a film and television managing company calledOriginal, that comprises the assets of the company.[15] Later that year, Dawn Parouse joined the company, and later the studio struck a deal with20th Century Fox Television to produce television shows.[16]
In 2004, the film and managing business has been split up.[17] At the same time, Ori Marmur, formerly ofMandalay Pictures (in which the studio developed theI Know What You Did Last Summer films for Mandalay) joined the company.[18] Two years later, Moritz struck a deal withSony Pictures Television to produce television shows.[19]
In 2017, the studio signed a feature film production deal withParamount Pictures to produce feature films, starting in 2019.[20] The deal was extended until 2023 in August 2020 and further until 2027 in April 2024.[21][22]
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